sensitive

Definition

  • adjective: easily upset by the things that people think or say about you
  • adjective: receptive to 'sense' impressions
  • often + 'about'
  • synonyms: sensory, sensible, caring

Examples

  • highly 'sensitive' information [=information that could be harmful if many people knew it; information that should be kept secret]

  • She's painfully/overly 'sensitive about' her looks. [=she cares very/too much about what people say or think about her looks]

  • Now that I'm older, I'm more 'sensitive to' (the) cold. [=I feel colder in cold surroundings now than I did in the past]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) -l'm Moaning Myrtle. l wouldn't expect you to know me. Who would ever talk about ugly, miserable. . . . . .moping Moaning Myrtle? She's a little sensitive. Gather round! Gather round. Can everybody see me? Can you all hear me? Excellent. (..)
    2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets